Stats On Trump's Presidency In 2018 Summarize His Unprecedented Mark On The White House

For many people, the Trump administration has amounted to a barrage of headlines, each bringing news of something that would have been a major scandal in administrations past. With such a fast-paced news cycle, it can be difficult to keep track of everything that's actually happened during the time that Donald Trump has occupied the Oval Office. That's why statistics on Trump's presidency can be helpful in reflecting on what's already happened — and wondering what might happen next.

Statistics can also help when it comes to, for example, the number of people from the Trump administration who have resigned or been fired, or how many open investigations there are into Trump and his campaign. You've likely heard multiple times about Trump's "unprecedented" manner of governing — and here are five statistics that put that into perspective.

1More Than 7,600 False And Misleading Claims

The Washington Post's Fact Checker started Trump's term by counting 492 false or misleading claims in his first 100 days in office, and the pace has only sped up since then. As the Post explained, though, 2018 has seen a significant uptick in Trump's pace in making these claims — and now he averages more than 15 false or misleading claims every day. On just one day in October 2018, Trump said 83 things that weren't true, as CNN noted. The Post explained that Trump said more and more untrue things as the midterms drew closer — so this pace could continue as the 2020 presidential elections start to appear on the horizon.

241 Firings And Resignations From Trump's Administration

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Trump got an early start on making changes to the original cast of characters in his administration, firing National Security Advisor Michael Flynn only 24 days after his inauguration. According to a recent New York Times recounting of Trump's firings and resignations since then, the number is now up to 41. Of these, 26 were either fired or forced out of the administration. And as the Times wrote, this is far more turnover than any of Trump's presidential peers ever witnessed.

317 Investigations Related To Trump & His Campaign

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Although it wasn't known publicly at the time, Trump's campaign first found itself under an FBI counter-intelligence investigation in July 2016, as CNN wrote. Now, as Wired summed up in December 2018, there are at least 17 separate ongoing court cases and investigations related to Trump, his campaign, and various current and former members of his administration. The investigations are also happening at several different levels of government — local, state, and federal. Even in addition to those 17 court cases known publicly, though, there are also numerous congressional inquiries, and it's entirely possible that Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation will lead to still more court cases.